National Budget for 11/01 editions

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National Budget for 11/01 editions

GateHouse News Service National Budget
POLITICAL STORMS: Want some ideas on how to localize the disaster content? Follow this link: http://www.ghnewsroom.com/news.php?newsid=1193838806
NOTE: The following stories were updated today, 10/31:
- Political storms: Database for localization
- Political storms: Presidents use politics to decide disaster funding
- Political storms: By the numbers breakout
- Political storms: Illinois loses out on disaster funding
- Political storms: New England a mixed bag when it comes to disaster funding
For 11/01/07 editions
Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.
Contacts: Jean Hodges, (630) 348-3350, (630) 956-8834, jhodges@gatehousemedia.com
Michael Toeset, (630) 348-3356, (630) 835-8870, mtoeset@gatehousemedia.com
--News--
$50K FISHING LURE? A 150-year-old fishing lure, with a pre-sale estimate of $30k to $50K, tops the offerings at a two-day auction of antique fishing collectibles in Boxborough, Mass. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/x1819880204
$10 MILLION CRASH: Woman who crashed car into Mass. hospital faces $10M lawsuit. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/x676128422
CHRYSLER CUTS: Detroit News is reporting Cerberus will cut another 1,000 salaried workers and the move is tied into other cost-cutting efforts that will include reducing shifts. The third shift in Belvidere isn't specifically noted but rumors are flying that that cut will come very soon. ROCKFORD/Illinois/this evening.
PLEASE REMOVE YOUR MASK. That rubbery Richard Nixon mask might kill at the office on Halloween, but at the teller window at your local credit union? Not so funny. Commerce Bank has a “remove your costume please” sign out front of its downtown bank and we'll check with others to see what their Halloween policies are. Some banks even ask customers to remove hats and sunglasses. HILYARD/PEORIA/Illinois News
HOMELESS OUSTED: Beginning Thursday, the city of Springfield will no longer let homeless citizens spend the night outside municipal buildings, including Lincoln Library. The ban will be in place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily. Mayor Tim Davlin announced the change Wednesday during a news conference to announce the opening of additional shelter space for the homeless. ANTONACCI/SPRINGFIELD/Illinois
STANDALONE PHOTOS: Several standalone photos will be posted in News this afternoon.
--Sports--
Season opener ... GateHouse sports columnist writing from New Jersey.
MIKE NADEL: Bulls season opener at New Jersey. (Will be posted by 10:30 p.m.) COLUMN/MIKE NADEL, Pro Basketball and Bulls.
BIG TEN NOTEBOOK: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/college/x676127855
NASCAR COVERAGE: Full NASCAR page will be uploaded to GHNS tonight. It will offer the page in PDF, Quark and InDesign form. For those interested in the individual stories, the list is below:
- Jerry Bonkowski: Jeff Burton ‘still fighting’ despite setbacks. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x1086964179
- Three questions with Jeremy Mayfield. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x799495351
- NASCAR rail: Dickies 500 at a glance. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x1375671551
JANE MILLER’S In the Fast Lane racing column will move this evening in Sports.
--Opinions--
PETER CHIANCA: Yes I like it, SPAM-I-am. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/x1375671033
JEFF VRABEL: Not now – I’m busy communicating! http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/x481172656
ELIZABETH DAVIES: A few of the many advantages of being in your 30s. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/x1375671263
GRANLUND TOON: On the Democrat primary derby. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x676128647
BRITT TOON: Showing "Crazy Uncle Dick" Cheney repeating "Attack Iran" over and over. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x676127594
GERTRUDE MURPHY: This is the new age of regenerative medicine, healing through the use of adult stem cells. We do not need to spend money or waste time supporting ethically challenged embryonic stem cells. Ledger guest column. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x676128432
--Home&Garden--
HOME HELP: Weekly home rail, including standing topics and news items. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x676128169
DEATH IN YOUR HOME: Know what could poison your child. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x1086963426
JIM HILLIBISH: Greenspace column on 15 reasons you should grow nasturtiums. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x870926536
GERI NIKOLAI: Readers offer tips for winterizing geraniums. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x1909899227
DO IT YOURSELF: How to turn down your heating bills. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x357268627
GARDEN Q&A: How to keep our feathered friends fed, safe during the winter. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x857477105
DAVID SCHIEFELBEIN: Don’t burn -- just ‘leaves’ them be. Column on leaf-burning vs. letting them become mulch. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x1909897634
--Lifestyles--
WELCOME TO THE FARR SIDE: Introducing our new entertainment columnist, David T. Farr. In the weekly Farr Side column, Farr tackles the water-cooler entertainment issues, from the hottest TV show to CD reviews to general entertainment news. Farr, who lives in Sturgis, Mich., and is a correspondent for GateHouse’s Sturgis Journal, will have a column each Thursday on the GHNS site. It will move in the Entertainment and Lifestyle Columnists categories. Two of Farr’s most recent columns are now posted on the site: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment. Farr’s column mugshot will move early next week.
NICK ROGERS COLUMN: The sophomore slump hits most shows but rarely as hard as it has hit “Heroes.” http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1819880139
‘BEE MOVIE’ REVIEW: Stinging satire, jokes will fly over kids’ heads. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1086964260
ROBERT REDFORD FEATURE: Redford again gives audiences something to ‘think about.’ http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/movies/x1375671835